5 Dead In Wrong-Way Crash On I-495 In Middleborough

State police say five people were killed early Monday morning in a fiery wrong-way crash on a southeastern Massachusetts highway.

Officials say the preliminary investigation indicates that a vehicle traveling south on the northbound side of Interstate 495 in Middleborough, about 35 miles south of Boston, struck a vehicle heading in the correct direction at 12:11 a.m. Monday.

The head-on crash caused the vehicle heading the right way to burst into flames, killing the four young men inside. Police aren't yet releasing the names of the victims, but on Monday evening identified them as a 20-year-old man from Paxton and Osterville, a 19-year-old man from Hyannis, a 19-year-old man from Harwich, and an 18-year-old man from New York. Police say all four attended Massachusetts colleges.

The driver and lone occupant of the wrong-way vehicle also died. Police only identified her as a 31-year-old woman from Fall River.